Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
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See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
Matthew 7
By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.
for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.
Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:
And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?
For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
Matthew 8